The earliest crops to be domesticated were
Barley
Wheat.
Sorghum.
Rice.
Millet.
Maize.
Yams.
Cassava.
Potatoes.
Grapes.
These crops grew in different soils and climate conditions.
There are many centres of agricultural revolution such as.
The Middle East.
The Nile valley.
The Indus valley (India).
The yellow river valley(china)
The Danube valley (Europe).
The following are some of the crops that were grown.
Wheat.
It is believed to have originally grown in south west Asia. It spread to Mesopotamia by 600 BC and then Egypt by 3000BC.
Barley.
It was probably the first cereal to be domesticated. It was grown in Syria and the river Euphrates. It later spread to Egypt, India and china by 2000BC.
Sorghum and millet.
They originated from different parts of Africa e.g.West Africa by 1500 BC around Lake Chad and Ethiopia.
Rice.
Originated in the central amorira about 500BC in Mexico.
Yams.
They are probably the 1st of the roots and tuber crops to be domesticate by about 9000BCe.g. in south –east Asia and also south America and Africa.
Moraa orina answered the question on November 16, 2018 at 18:18
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